Lot 67

1913 "The Quest Of The Fish-Dog Skin" by Schultz

Estimate: $200 - $400

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Offered in this lot is a 1913 first edition of "The Quest Of The Fish-Dog Skin" by James Willard Schultz. A 1913 first edition printing of this tale of adventures with the Blackfeet Indians. Illustrated with black and white plates by George Varian. This was copyright, 1913, by James Willard Schultz and published October 1913, by Houghton Mifflin Company: The riverside press Cambridge: Boston and New York. "The Quest of the Fish-Dog Skin" is a story of the adventures of two boys an Indian boy and a white boy. These two set forth from the lodges of the Blackfeet, in company with an older Indian who acts as their guide, philosopher, and friend, on a quest to the salt water to find the medicine-animal that is called "fish-dog". One of the boys, knew from books this was some sort of a seal. This boy was, in fact, J. W. Schultz, whose first book, "My Life as an Indian," was published some years ago. As a boy and young man he lived with the Indians on the upper Missouri in the days before the white man had penetrated the far West, and his writings about the Indians are based upon an intimate knowledge of their native life. James Willard Schultz, or Apikuni, (1859 – 1947) was an American author, explorer, Glacier National Park guide, fur trader and historian of the Blackfeet Indians. He operated a fur trading post at Carroll, Montana and lived among the Pikuni tribe during the period 1880-82. He was given the name Apikuni by the Pikuni chief, Running Crane. Apikuni in Blackfeet means "Spotted Robe." Schultz is most noted for his 37 books, most about Blackfoot life, and for his contributions to the naming of prominent features in Glacier National Park. This book still has a paper and cellophane dust cover over a tan cloth cover with brown printing. The book is in good condition with only an owners name on the first page and very light foxing to the paper. The book measures 7 3/4' x 5 1/2'
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